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Der, die or das Taxi?

das Taxi

Gender
neuter
English
taxi
Plural
die Taxis

Why is it das Taxi?

No ending or meaning rule gives away the gender of Taxi. Like many everyday German nouns, it has to be learned together with its article: das Taxi.

For the endings that do predict gender, see the Der-Die-Das rules guide.

Example sentences

Taxi in the four cases

The article changes with the case. The highlighted column shows the forms to use with Taxi: definite article first, then the indefinite article.

MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominativeder / eindie / einedas / eindie
Accusativeden / einendie / einedas / eindie
Dativedem / einemder / einerdem / einemden
Genitivedes / einesder / einerdes / einesder

Taxi is one of about 1,700 common nouns in the free Der-Die-Das trainer. Short daily rounds with spaced repetition make the article stick.

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